J&K: Two police officers found dead in Kishtwar

The bodies of two police officers who had gone missing a day ago were recovered from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar on Thursday, reported The Hindu.

The Ramban Police confirmed this, reported ANI.

The two special police officers were part of an anti-terror operation and went missing on Wednesday from a forest area in the upper reaches of the Chenab Valley. Their bodies were found with bullet wounds, while their service weapons were missing, PTI reported.

They were identified as 45-year-old Rashpal Kumar and 57-year-old Bobby Chand. The officers were residents of Kiyar Dachhan in Kishtwar, The Hindu reported.

Both of them were part of the temporary operating bases established by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in response to increased terrorist activity in the upper reaches of the Union Territory since 2020.

On Wednesday, they had accompanied a team from the Army’s 17 Rashtriya Rifles to the Basnan area. A search operation was launched after the officers did not report back to their camps in the Marwah sector.

The incident came a day after three Central Reserve Police Force personnel were injured after suspected militants opened fire at a security checkpoint in Kulgam district.

Edited by Sneha.